Lawrence High School (Kansas)

Lawrence High School
Address
1901 Louisiana Street [1] Lawrence , Kansas 66046 United States
Coordinates	38°56′57″N 95°14′34″W / 38.949085°N 95.242871°W / 38.949085; -95.242871
Information
School type	Public, High School^[broken anchor]
Established	1857, 1954 (current building)
School board	"Board Website". Archived from the original on 2012-09-15.
School district	USD 497 [2]
Superintendent	Anthony Lewis [4]
CEEB code	171690 [3]
Principal	Cynthia Johnson (interm) [5]
Asst Principal	Margene Brohammer, Quentin Rials, Mark Pruet, John Hilton
Athletic Director	John Hilton [5]
Grades	9 to 12
Gender	coed
Enrollment	1,609 (2016-17)[6]
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Red   Black
Athletics	Class 6A [7] District 4 [8]
Athletics conference	Sunflower [5]
Mascot	Chesty Lion
Rival	Free State, Topeka
Website	School Website

Lawrence High School (LHS) is a public secondary school in Lawrence, Kansas, USA. It is operated by Unified School District 497. It serves students of grades 9 to 12. The school is one of the two public high schools located in the city. Lawrence High had 1,260 students in the 2007–2008 school year. The school colors are red and black. The mascot is the "Chesty Lion".

Lawrence High School was created in 1857. It was created to help educate Lawrence because there were a lot of people living there. The first classes were held in the basement of a Unitarian Church. Three years later, the school was moved to the current place of Liberty Memorial Central Middle School, on Massachusetts Street. In 1930, the Lion became the school symbol. In 1946, it made its official debut as the school mascot. Lawrence High moved to its current place on Louisiana Street in 1954.

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

Currently Lawrence High has more than 100 state championships in various sports, one of the highest totals in the United States. The first state championship was won in 1914 in boys basketball. Due to the success of Lawrence High and the University of Kansas, Lawrence was featured as a candidate for Titletown, United States by ESPN.^{[9][10][11][12]}

Football

The Lawrence High School Chesty Lions have 31 undefeated seasons in football. This is the most in the United States.^[13] The Chesty Lions won a High School Football National Championship in 1960. From 1930–2008, games were played at Haskell Memorial Stadium.^[14] Once the new football stadium was finished being built at Lawrence High School, the football team started playing games at the new stadium in 2009.

State Championships

Lawrence High has won the following state championships:^[15][16]

State Championships[17]
Season	Sport	Number of Championships	Year
Fall	Football	27	1919^, 1927^, 1928^, 1945^, 1946^, 1947^+, 1952^+, 1956^+, 1957^+, 1958^+, 1959^+, 1960^+, 1962^+, 1963^+, 1964^+, 1966^+, 1968^+, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995
	Cross Country, Boys	2	2008, 2009
	Cross Country, Girls	3	1985, 1986, 1987
	Volleyball	16	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2018
	Gymnastics, Girls	3	2004, 2005, 2006
	Gymnastics, Boys	21	1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988
Winter	Basketball, Boys	4	1914, 1948, 1983, 1995
	Basketball, Girls	3	1984, 1992, 2008
	Swimming, Boys	1	1997
	Indoor Track, Girls	2	1977, 1978
Spring	Golf, Boys	1	1983
	Golf, Girls	4	1975, 1977, 1982, 1984
	Tennis, Boys	2	1981, 1995
	Tennis, Girls	1	1989
	Baseball	3	1996, 2000, 2009
	Softball	1	1977
	Swimming, Girls	7	1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
	Track and Field, Boys	5	1989, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2006
	Track and Field, Girls	4	1978, 1979, 2015, 2019
Total		110

^ predates KSHSAA playoffs and AP poll

⁺predates KSHSAA playoffs; ranked #1 in final AP poll

Notable alumni

• Erin Brockovich, had a movie made about her when she helped a town win a $333 million lawsuit because Pacific Gas and Electric Company had contaminated their water supply
• Danny Manning, led the University of Kansas basketball team to the 1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament championship
• Brian McClendon, Google Earth creator
• Alan Mulally, former Ford Motors CEO
• Sri Srinivasan, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

References

1. GNIS for Lawrence High School; USGS; October 13, 1978.
2. USD 497
3. High School CEEB Code Search
4. USD 497 - Superintendent Archived 2012-09-16 at the Wayback Machine
5. "School Search - Lawrence HS". Kansas State High School Activities Association. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
6. "Lawrence High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
7. "KSHSAA School Classification List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
8. KSHSAA School District List Archived 2010-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
9. "Lawrence, Kan., rocks as it chalks up recent title". ESPN. June 29, 2008. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
10. "Lawrence finalist for ESPN's 'Titletown USA'". WIBW. June 24, 2008. Retrieved March 18, 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
11. Parker, Alex (June 23, 2008). "ESPN names Lawrence a 'TitleTown USA' finalist". KUSports.com. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
12. "ESPN to Air Lawrence's "TitleTown USA" Segment July 5". KU Athletics. July 2, 2008. Retrieved March 18, 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
13. "NFLHS.com". Archived from the original (English) on 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
14. Smith, Benton (August 31, 2007). "Haskell Stadium a house of history". Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
15. "KSHSAA Athletics". Archived from the original (English) on 2006-08-18. Retrieved 2006-09-26.
16. "Kansas High School Football Champions". Archived from the original (English) on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
17. "State Records & State Champions". Archived from the original (English) on 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2010-02-05.

Other websites

• Official website
• "District school summary". Archived from the original on 2012-01-16.